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[–]SaltyTexan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

SARS virus and vaccine research began in a substantial manner in 2003. For almost 20 years before COVID there were tested SARS vaccines. For the COV 2 strains, there were new tests for those vaccines, lasting approximately 3 months, which is a relatively normal testing period, if working with almost 20 years of vaccine research.

Yes but anytime you modify something you change it's makeup therefore making it a new thing. I completely understand that COVID is a form of the SARS virus, but even that small difference is enough to make it a new virus altogether. So I stand by what I said about the public being the lab rats. And yeah in clinical trials not everyone will have side effects, because everyone's makeup is different, they are exposed to different things, they eat differently and live in different environments, which is why they use such a large diverse group when doing clinical trials, they have to or the data becomes compromised. You can't pick and choose people who you think would make your drug appear safe. It's like letting a criminal choose their own jury.

[–]Bitch-Im-a-cow 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you know this much about viruses and vaccines, you'll know that the only update to a SARS vaccine is the inclusion of a small portion of a new virus strain or an mRNA adjustment that attacks a new strain. Differences between updates are incredibly small, related to the new strains. Testing for that vaccine with the tiny new strain would naturally have simiar results as previous tests.

[–]SaltyTexan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you know this much about viruses and vaccines, you'll know that the only update to a SARS vaccine is the inclusion of a small portion of a new virus strain or an mRNA adjustment that attacks a new strain

Yes which is why I said that ANY change even the most minute change can effect how the vaccine or virus will respond. That is why one corona vaccine may not protect against different strains of COVID. Just because the SARS-CoV-1 is genetically similar to the SARS-CoV-2, doesn't mean they are the same or they will react the same when presented in the same host, or when introduced to the same vaccine. They are more like cousins, alike but also vastly different. We've had how many different stains of COVID now and it's only been around for about 4-5 years. Depending on who you believe about when it really got out.